Who we are

The Board

Matthew Osborne

Matthew Osborne

Board Member (Ripple)
Steven McWhirter

Steven McWhirter

Board Member (Binance)
Manmeet Singh

Manmeet Singh

Board Member (Blockseed)
Roeland Van Der Stappen

Roeland Van Der Stappen

Board Member (Coinbase)
Lee Schneider

Lee Schneider

Chair of the Board (Ava Labs)

The Secretariat

Robert Kopitsch

Robert Kopitsch

Secretary General
Tommaso Astazi

Tommaso Astazi

Head of EU Regulatory Affairs
Thomas Thaler

Thomas Thaler

Head of Institutional Engagement
Stefan Kromolicki

Stefan Kromolicki

Legal Officer
Luca Negro

Luca Negro

Head of Communications
Bartolomeo Poggi

Bartolomeo Poggi

Policy Officer
Georgios Papatzikas

Georgios Papatzikas

Policy Officer

Advisory Council

Michal Boni

Michal Boni

Former Polish Minister for Digitization and former Member of the European Parliament
Georg Brameshuber

Georg Brameshuber

University of Vienna
Oriol Caudevilla Parellada

Oriol Caudevilla Parellada

Asian Institute of International Financial Law – The University of Hong Kong
Thomas Dünser

Thomas Dünser

Principality of Liechtenstein – Office for Financial Market Innovation and Digitalisation
Miguel Fernández Ordóñez

Miguel Fernández Ordóñez

Former Governor of Banco de España
Agata Ferreira

Agata Ferreira

Warsaw University of Technology Geoffrey Goodell
Geoffrey Goodell

Geoffrey Goodell

University College London
Pehr Granfalk

Pehr Granfalk

Member of the European Committee of the Regions
Antonio Lanotte

Antonio Lanotte

Unitelma Sapienza – University of Rome
Maria Minaricova

Maria Minaricova

Former Chair of Blockchain for Europe
Philipp Sandner

Philipp Sandner

Frankfurt School of Finance – Blockchain Center
Fabian Schär

Fabian Schär

Center for Innovative Finance – University of Basel
Kevin Werbach

Kevin Werbach

Wharton School – University of Pennsylvania
Marwan Al Zarouni

Marwan Al Zarouni

Dubai Blockchain Center